Books Quote by June Ahern Download Open image ““It is as easy to dream a book as it is hard to write one. -Honore de Balzac, novelist (1799-1850)”” — June Ahern ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books
“I suppose it was the worst book any man has ever written. It was a colossal tome and faulty from start to finish. But… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“The hardest thing about writing a novel is getting it published.” — Marianne Cushing Copy Share Image
“...and in the deep, dreaming hours I am easily moved by the stories of the real men and women who have lived out their… — Stephen Goodwin Copy Share Image
“I kept my door more securely locked than ever and passed the time with foreign novels. Since Balzac was Luo's favourite I put him… — Dai Sijie Copy Share Image
“If any of my readers could get a tenth of the enjoyment in reading my books as I do in writing them, then all… — P.L. Byers Copy Share Image
“An author is just someone who remembers their dreams a little better than some others.” — T.C. Slonaker Copy Share Image
“The most amoral man could write a brilliant literary work. The freedom to express and create what he chose was the relevant thing, because… — Alaa Alghamdi Copy Share Image
“...perhaps the sweetest moment in writing is the arrival of that idea for a book which never has to be written, which is never… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“I didn't always write for a living, and even back when it was my most fondly held dream to one day be able to… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
“Writing is hard. Not as hard as not writing. Not writing is torturous, bloody, chaotic and a gruesome winless battle. A writer who writes,… — Jamie Weise Copy Share Image
How hurtful it can be to deny one's true self and live a life of lies just to appease others. — June Ahern Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image